Improvement in combined rose and escutcheon



H. WADSWORTH. Combined Rose and Es0ut0he'0n.

No. 211,808. Patented Jan..28, .1879.

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N-FHHRS, PHOTO-UTHDGRAPNER, WASHINGTON, D C- NITED PATENT HERBERTWADSWORTH, OF HOHOKUS TOWNSHIP, BERGEN COUNTY, NEW

JERSEY, ASSIGN OR TO HOPKINS AND DIGKIN SON MANUFACTURING COM- PANY, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED ROSE AND ESCUTCHEON.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,808, dated January28, 1879; application filed September 11, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT WADSWORTH, of Hohokus township, in thecounty of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Manufacture of Key-Holes and Escutcheons for Doors,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to thedrawings hereto annexed, in which- Figure 1 is a front, and Fig. 2 arear, view of my improved device; and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views ofthe sliding key-hole plate.

My invention consists in making the keyhole adjustable to the escutcheonby placing it in a separate piece.

A is intended to represent an escutcheon and rose combined, havinginstead of a keyhole a rectangular opening, 0. The key-hole is placedupon a separate piece, B, which is somewhat longer than the opening 0,and fits into a depression in the back of the escutcheon. As the piece Bis made to slide up or down, the key-hole can be placed in any desiredpart of the opening 0. On the back of the piece B are cast two littlepointed projections, at a, which, when driven into the wood of the door,will hold the key-hole plate firmly in position.

It will be readily seen that by means of this invention it becomespossible to use the same rose and escutcheon with locks of differentsizes.

I claim as my invention- A key-hole escutcheon wherein the key-hole iscontained in a second and separate piece, which is made adjustable tothe rest of the escutcheon, substantially as and for the purpose setforth. 1

HERBERT WVADSWORTH. Witnesses:

ARTHUR G. BRADLEY, PHILIP S. DYER.

